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Asus A53SD-SX1208V

alaTest has collected and analyzed 132 reviews of Asus A53SD-SX1208V. The average rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average rating of 4.1/5 for other Laptops for all reviews. People are impressed by the screen and reliability. The usability and price are also appreciated, but views are divided on the portability. There are some critical comments about the energy efficiency and durability.

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durability, energy

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Laptops the Asus A53SD-SX1208V is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 81/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review by: ROWAN (tigerdirect.com)

Excellent Purchase

 

The ASUS Laptop ran perfectly well for quite some time, no problems. Installed an extra 4GB stick easily, bumped it up to 8GB. If you run the machine on HighPerformance and it needs to charge up at the same time, expect some heating issues. Recommend a...

Mar, 2013
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Consumer review by: N/A (newegg.com)

Good until went bad :(

 

I probably got the 1/10000 one with a problem. I'll be sending this back to ASUS when I get the chance. Blue screens and random slow downs leads me to believe it's a HDD problem. I would NOT recommend this product to anyone due to my issues.

It worked well the first month I bought it, but began to degrade after that ; Looks nice, 10-key

It blue-screens every once in a while ; Runs extremely slow randomly and 70% of the time it crashes, often have to hard-reset ; Heats up quick when playing games, so buy a notebook cooler

Feb, 2013
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Consumer review by: (tigerdirect.com)

crashes, stalls, glitches

 

Laptop will freeze up when watching youtube, netflix, movies on the computer or DVD. Don't plan on any online gaming, and the mouse is super sensitive without the option to turn off the tap to click feature. Product will also exit out of a screen and...

Jan, 2013
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Consumer review by: Lisa (circuitcity.com)

Nice and fast

 

Nice and fast, video looks great, doesn't heat up. Would have liked a better webcam. Some things are hard to find, but that may be a matter of getting used to new computer. SO glad it has Windows 7. Overall, I'm quite happy with this computer so far.

Dec, 2012
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Consumer review by: Lisa, (tigerdirect.com)

Nice and fast

 

Nice and fast, video looks great, doesn't heat up. Would have liked a better webcam. Some things are hard to find, but that may be a matter of getting used to new computer. SO glad it has Windows 7. Overall, I'm quite happy with this computer so far.

Dec, 2012
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Consumer review by: KINGONLY (tigerdirect.com)

Fantastic Laptop

 

This is my first laptop that I purchased for myself. I am an avid gamer and needed something that would at least allow me to play my Steam games. I did upgrade the RAM to 8GB, but have had zero problems. Everything looks great and when I hook it up to...

Dec, 2012
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Consumer review by: unett, (tigerdirect.com)

We have a 'family' of Asus laptops

 

I recently purchased 2 of these for my grandchildren - on their father's recommendation. I also picked up the 17'' version for myself. Last year dad and grandpa both bought this laptop and highly recommend it.

Dec, 2012
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Consumer review by: henry (tigerdirect.com)

Great budget i7 laptop

 

By its price ($599) at this time, it's great deal and great product with quality. 4G RAM is a weakness, but expandable to 8G is an optional to go when feel performance issue in future. As all tablet configured with only i5 now, this one with i7 and...

Dec, 2012
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Consumer review by: MIKE (circuitcity.com)

Good enough

 

I mainly bought this laptop for gaming and school. As a gaming machine it works fine, nothing amazing, don't expect to be playing Crysis on high on it. But it does play good games like Counter Strike Source and AVA on high graphics. Other games like...

Nov, 2012
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Consumer review by: MIKE (tigerdirect.com)

Good enough

 

I mainly bought this laptop for gaming and school. As a gaming machine it works fine, nothing amazing, don't expect to be playing Crysis on high on it. But it does play good games like Counter Strike Source and AVA on high graphics. Other games like...

Nov, 2012
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Product Specifications

Camera

Front Camera: Yes
Front camera resolution (numeric):0.3

Display

Display Surface:Gloss

Graphics

Discrete graphics adapter memory:2
Number of displays supported (on-board graphics):2
On-board graphics adapter ID:0x116
On-board graphics adapter outputs supported:DisplayPort, Embedded DisplayPort (eDP), HDMI, Serial Digital Video Out (SDVO), VGA (D-Sub)

Ports & interfaces

USB 3.0 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity:1

Processor

Conflict Free processor: No
ECC supported by processor: No
Integrated 4G WiMAX:No / Yes
Maximum internal memory supported by processor:16 / 32
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes:1 / 16
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max):21.3
Memory channels supported by processor:Dual
Memory clock speeds supported by processor:1066,1333
Memory types supported by processor:DDR3-SDRAM
Processor cache type:L3, L2 / Smart Cache, L3
Processor codename:Sandy Bridge
Processor Series:Intel Core i3-2300 Mobile series / Intel Core i5-2400 Mobile series / Intel Pentium B900 series for Mobile
Thermal Design Power (TDP):35

Processor special features

Intel 64: Yes
Intel Clear Video Technology: No
Intel Identity Protection Technology version:1.00
Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x): Yes
Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d): No
Processor ARK ID:53470
Processor package size:37.5 / 37.5x37.5 (rPGA988B); 31 x 24 (BGA1023)